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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2005, 4:51 PM CDT for Washington County, Minnesota; Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2005, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2005, 5:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Washington County, MN, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 69 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 929 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMPX 052153 TORMPX MNC163-WIC109-052230- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0018.050605T2151Z-050605T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 451 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 448 PM CDT...SEVERAL TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A DEVELOPING FUNNEL CLOUD 5 MILES WEST OF HUDSON. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HUDSON... AFTON... LAKELAND... STAY INDOORS AND GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AVAILABLE. LAT...LON 4498 9295 4485 9295 4487 9239 4509 9246 $$ TDK
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 052212 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 511 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 MNC163-WIC109-052230- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050605T2230Z/ WASHINGTON MN-ST. CROIX WI- 511 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR ST. CROIX AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 508 PM...SPOTTERS CONTINUED SEEING STRONG ROTATION AT THE CLOUD BASE OF THE STORM...IN THE AREA AROUND HUDSON. RADAR WAS ALSO SHOWING THAT THE ROTATION WAS INCREASING. THEREFORE A TORNADO MAY TOUCH DOWN AT ANY TIME. CITIES IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LAKELAND...HUDSON...BURKHARDT...AND BOARDMAN. LAT...LON 4498 9295 4485 9295 4487 9239 4509 9246 $$ TDK
000 WWUS53 KMPX 052223 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 522 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 MNC163-052232- /O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050605T2230Z/ WASHINGTON MN- 522 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS MOVED COMPLETELY INTO ST CROIX COUNTY. LAT...LON 4503 9273 4488 9274 4487 9239 4509 9246 $$ WIC109-052230- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050605T2230Z/ ST. CROIX WI- 522 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR ST. CROIX COUNTY... AT 519 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUDSON TO JUST EAST OF HUDSON. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SPOTTERS WERE NO LONGER SEEING ANY FUNNEL CLOUDS. THE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 530 PM. LAT...LON 4503 9273 4488 9274 4487 9239 4509 9246 $$ TDK
000 WWUS53 KMPX 052233 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 533 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 WIC109-052245- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050605T2230Z/ ST. CROIX WI- 533 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ST. CROIX COUNTY EXPIRED AT 530 PM CDT... AT 530 PM...THE STORM EAST AND NORTHEAST OF HUDSON HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. SPOTTERS WERE NO LONGER SEEING ANY FUNNEL CLOUDS NOR ANY STORM ROTATION AT CLOUD BASE...AND IN FACT...ONE SPOTTER COMMENTED THAT THE STORM SEEMED TO BE BREAKING UP. HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE FROM NEW RICHMOND AND DEER PARK...TO BALDWIN AND HAMMOND AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LAT...LON 4503 9273 4488 9274 4487 9239 4509 9246 $$ TDK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Sibley | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Rusk | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rusk | 31 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 2005Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.